Improved rover state estimation in challenging terrain

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-130

  Hoffman, Brian D ^a,c   Baumgartner, Eric T ^b,d   Huntsberger, Terry L ^b   Schenker, Paul S ^b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATION LINKS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MOTION PLANNING; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STATE ESTIMATION;

MARS ROVER MISSIONS; PLANETARY ROVERS; WHEEL ODOMETRY;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0032680525     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008879310128     Document Type: Article

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